The record rainfall that Central Florida experienced in May damaged most of my garden. One of the plants that took it the hardest was the Cantaloupe. The leaves wilted (no sun) many leaves had fungus (no sun plus a ton of rain) and some that looked healthy just fell off!
Now that the rainfall has slowed down to a much more reasonable amount it appears the cantaloupe has recovered and is starting to bloom.
I have never grown Cantaloupe before so I am unsure if the fruit will be okay in the severe heat that Zone 9 will be experiencing here in the upcoming weeks and months, but if it does, I will be quite happy, Cantaloupe is one of my favorite fruits!
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June 16th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Glad to hear your cantaloupe is recovering! Melons are supposed to love the heat, so hopefully after they are a little less waterlogged they will produce loads of fruit. Keep us posted!
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June 17th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Yes, the do love heat! But they took the lack of sun and too much rain really hard… I hope all will be well!
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